Bill Text: NY A05227 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the department of agriculture and markets to post the results of its graded inspections of retail food stores on their website and provide information as to where a customer may file a consumer report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-28 - enacting clause stricken [A05227 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05227-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5227

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 7, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Agriculture

        AN  ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requir-
          ing the department of agriculture and markets to post the  results  of
          its graded inspections on their website

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 of section
     2  500 of the agriculture and markets law, as amended by section 8 of  part
     3  I1  of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, are amended and a new subdivision
     4  6 is added to read as follows:
     5    (b) "Retail food store" means  any  establishment  or  section  of  an
     6  establishment  where  food and food products are offered to the consumer
     7  and intended for off-premises consumption, including,  but  not  limited
     8  to,  a  supermarket, grocery store, convenience store, bodega or delica-
     9  tessen. The term does not include establishments which handle only  pre-
    10  packaged,  non-potentially  hazardous foods, roadside markets that offer
    11  only fresh fruits and fresh vegetables for sale, food service establish-
    12  ments, or food and beverage vending machines.  For the purposes of  this
    13  section,  "bodega"  shall  mean a small grocery or convenience store and
    14  "delicatessen" shall mean a store selling  cold  cuts,  cheeses,  and  a
    15  variety of salads, as well as a selection of unusual or foreign prepared
    16  foods.
    17    2. Each retail food store shall post a copy of the date and results of
    18  its  most  recent sanitary inspection by the department in a conspicuous
    19  location near each public entrance, as prescribed by  the  commissioner.
    20  Such  copies shall also be made available to the public upon request and
    21  placed on the department's website. Any retail food store that fails  to
    22  post  such  results shall be fined by the department one hundred dollars
    23  for each day of violation.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08680-01-3
        A. 5227                             2

     1    6. The department shall post the results of its graded inspections  on
     2  their  website, including the retail food store's name, address, date of
     3  inspection, grade and a list of any  violations  cited  within  fourteen
     4  days  of  a  graded  inspection.  The  department shall provide on their
     5  website  information  as to where a customer may file a consumer report.
     6  If a consumer report is filed with the  department  regarding  a  retail
     7  food  store,  such  consumer  report  and  contact  information shall be
     8  included on the graded inspection report provided to  such  retail  food
     9  store.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.